Torrential rains are hampering registration efforts for new arrivals in Uganda.

Collection points, transit centres and reception centres in Uganda are severely over-stretched due to the mass influx.

Recent fighting has led to more than 37,000 South Sudanese refugees fleeing to Uganda, more than arrived in the first 6 months of 2016.

New arrivals in Uganda report that armed militias are burning down homes, murdering civilians and forcibly recruiting young men and boys in to their ranks.

A new settlement area is to be opened in Yumbe district, and could potentially host up to 100,000 South Sudanese refugees.

A newly opened settlement in Imvepi, Arua district, began receiving new arrivals from South Sudan on 21 February.

Uganda is now the ninth largest refugee hosting country in the world

The Government of Uganda has made a decision to declare prima facie for the Burundian situation.

A total of 18,807 Burundian refugees have been received in Uganda since the onset of the influx.

The CERF has approved a funding request coordinated by UNHCR for the Burundi emergency response. towards protection, health, and shelter and non-food items.